. The Open court. advantage of another from which it is geographically toofar separated to benefit without human help. And so his collectorsfrom all over the world are instructed to send in not garden plantsbut wild ones. And these shy plants are exposed to new and THE WORK OF LUTII1:R nURBANK. 303 friendly latitudes. They come in, obscure bulbs, the Wake Robin,Lady-Slippers, Trythenus from the swamps; and lower forms, theStickle-Pod and Rag-Weed. Dog-Fennel and thistles and DevilsClaws; and he unites and crosses them; frees them from offensiveodors; joins the hardiness of one to the brillianc
. The Open court. advantage of another from which it is geographically toofar separated to benefit without human help. And so his collectorsfrom all over the world are instructed to send in not garden plantsbut wild ones. And these shy plants are exposed to new and THE WORK OF LUTII1:R nURBANK. 303 friendly latitudes. They come in, obscure bulbs, the Wake Robin,Lady-Slippers, Trythenus from the swamps; and lower forms, theStickle-Pod and Rag-Weed. Dog-Fennel and thistles and DevilsClaws; and he unites and crosses them; frees them from offensiveodors; joins the hardiness of one to the brilliance of another; withcultivation and selection gives them strength so they will not will;and refined perfume. So these large, coarse, rank-smelling, some-times poisonous plants, are redeemed. One of these prostrate weedswas a progenitor of the great Shasta Daisy. Ten years ago whenit first ai)peared in the \\ind(iw of a San Francisco florist, it wasstared at h\ crowds as a tl(ir;il iiusterw .Since then it has become. FRUIT OF THE SPINELESS —DURBAN K. famous wherever flowers are scientifically recognized. Of its greatwhite and gold blooms one British collector writes: It has fourtime? as much blossom as any other variety; and another says:Tt takes the Premier honors. Think of this immense chrysanthe-mum, more than a foot in circumference, fluted, frilled, crested,lancinated and with varying tints of color, grown in Cape Townand Sydney, in the ITnited States and Canada, wherever an oak treewill grow, alike in the tropical South and where the snows of heavenmingle with its own. having for one of its parents the rowdy, wav-side weeds, with their big yellow centers and inch of petal with 304 THE OPEN COURT. which as boys we weighted the tails of our kites! The wonder-garden burns with color; hyacinths, dahlias, carnations, gladioli,and dozens of others double and treble the ordinary size. The lily-field is lustrous with its new types of Amaryllis, among them theJacobean Marti
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